On Wed, 27 Jan 1999 08:20:04 EST Victor Montgomery <vmontgo32@JUNO.COM>
writes:
>Bob:
>
>I was considering taking the engine out of my 1500 cc Gold Wing and
>putting it in my Air Cooled Vanagon. that way I increase the cylinders
>from four to six (4 -> 6) and have a lot smoother engine in the same
>space. It has a nice torque curve and power band too.
>
>Victor...
>
>On Wed, 27 Jan 1999 01:00:19 -0500 "Robert A. Alexander"
><satcong@VOL.COM> writes:
>>Volks - Anyone tried to get into EPA regulations, on the Net, which
>>might explain this business involving swapping an engine "older" than
>>one's vehicle one is swapping it into?  Jeez!
>>
>>Best I could do is find a few "hot-rod" sites!!!  Even learned a new
>>term, obviously from California, of "smogged".  Seems, as an example,
>>in
>>the PRC (People's Republic of California), the consensus is that a
>'71
>>Chevy with a '69 engine will be "smogged" as a '71.  A '69 Chevy with
>>a
>>'71 engine will be "smogged as a '71, too.  Gee, at least the
>>legislators in the PRC are, uh, consistent?
>>
>>So far, our "wise men" in TN still understand that the "smog" in the
>>valley around the Chattanooga Valley is still a result of natural
>>"inversions" rather than automobiles.  Can SOMEONE direct me to EPA
>>regulations that are destined to keep me from placing a 1200cc Harley
>>Hog engine or a 1600cc VW air-cooled into my Vanagon???
>>
>>BOB - WA4RRN
>>'85GL - "Bourgeois"
>>Soddy Daisy, TN
>>